Lisa Jarvis, Columnist

Trump's NIH Freeze Puts Scientific Research at Risk

America’s best scientific minds are scrambling to determine the impact of the disruption.

January 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC

Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry. Previously, she was executive editor of Chemical & Engineering News.

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The Trump administration has pressed the pause button on the US’ vital biomedical research engine, the National Institutes for Health. Grant reviews, travel and hiring appear to be on indefinite hold.

Without any concrete guidance about the reasoning or length of the freeze, America’s best scientific minds are left to figure out the extent and impact of the disruption.